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Monet and Venice at Brooklyn Museum

Lauren Panepinto

Happy Christmas, Solstice, Hanukah, Kwanza, or whatever other holiday you may celebrate. In my family, there's a run of family birthdays between the first week of November straight through Nov & Dec until my mother's birthday on December 18th. And most years I take the day off work and we go to a museum together. This year, we went to see the Monet and Venice show currently at the Brooklyn Museum. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JNQTZCx30[/embed] Now, I respect…

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Christmas Cards

Gregory Manchess

December 24, 2025 - Wishing family and friends, even strangers, goodwill and happiness and health, the Christmas Season brings with it natural, creative expressions. Art plays its role in the sharing of these sentiments and none more special than in a simple Christmas card. I’ve often wondered who these artists are that we share every year without recognizing their singular contributions. They appear nameless, unsung, and ignored. Yet they carry such heartfelt messages. In recent years, I’ve begun buying original paintings by some of these artists found for sale in odd corners of the internet. I bought this last pair of images many years ago from Fred Taraba, at Taraba Illustration Art. If you look closely, and let go of any preconceived ideas of commercialism or marketing, they capture a timeless feeling of Christmas. Even so, I can feel…

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